The Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Google Books The Brothers Karamazov 9 Reviews Dostoevsky's last and greatest novel, The Karamazov Brothers (1880), is both a brilliantly told crime story and a passionate philosophical debate. The dissolute landowner Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov is murdered; his sons - the atheist intellectual Ivan, the hot-blooded Dmitry, and the saintly novice Alyosha - are all at some level involved. Bound up with this intense family drama is Dostoevsky's exploration of many deeply felt ideas about the existence of God, the question of human freedom, the collective nature of guilt, the disastrous consequences of rationalism. The novel is also richly comic: the Russian Orthodox Church, the legal system, and even the author's most cherished causes and beliefs are presented with a note of irreverence, so that orthodoxy and radicalism, sanity and madness, love and hatred, right and wrong are no longer mutually exclusive. Rebecca West considered it 'the allegory for the world's maturity', but with children to the fore.

This new translation does full justice to Dostoevsky's genius, particularly in the use of the spoken word, which ranges over every mode of human expression.

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He was born in Moscow in 1821, and when he died in 1881, he left a legacy of masterworks that influenced the great thinkers and writers of the Western world and immortalized him as a giant among writers of world literature. The Brothers Karamazov: Character Profiles | Novelguide The Brothers Karamazov: Character Profiles Total Votes: 394 Character Profiles Russian names can be complicated for non-Russian readers. Russians have three names: the first, or Christian name; the last, or family name; and the middle name, or patronymic. The patronymic is derived from the father's name, and means "son of" or "daughter of." Hence, Ivan's full name is Ivan Fyodorovich (Ivan, the son of Fyodor) Karamazov. Formal address requires the use of the first name and patronymic, as in Katerina Ivanovna (Katerina, the daughter of Ivan). There are also variants on the first name, known as diminutives.

Usually, the diminutive is used as an endearment (as in Alyoshenka for Alyosha, Katya for Katerina, and Ilyusheckha for Ilyusha). Occasionally, however, a more insulting diminutive form is used (Katka for Katerina, Mitka for Dmitri, Rakitka for Rakitkin). The characters are listed below by their full names. Variant names are given in brackets. Where a character is usually known by a variant name, that variant is listed first within the brackets. Alexei Fyodorovich Karamazov (Alyosha, Alyoshka, Alyoshenka, Alyoshechka, Alexeichik, Lyosha, Lyoshenka) Alyosha is called the hero of the novel by the narrator. He is the third son of Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov . Instinctively kind, generous, and loving, Alyosha is the most deeply religious of the Karamazovs. He initially lives with his elder, Zosima, in the monastery.

He leaves the monastery after Zosima's death, on the elder's orders, to go out into the world and do good. Alyosha puts into practice Zosima's philosophy of active love for mankind. He refrains from judging others, instead focusing on helping those who are suffering and bringing together those who have become separated by differences and hostilities. He has a calming, soothing effect on others, and shares Zosima's ability to intuit people's needs and problems. While not a memorable speaker, Alyosha is a great hearer, in that he is the only character who is able to listen to what others say. Several other characters call Alyosha an "angel," and he is often employed by others as a go-between or messenger, recalling the literal translation of the Greek word angelos, messenger. Dmitri Fyodorovich Karamazov (Mitya, Mitenka, Mitka, Mitri Fyodorovich) Dmitri is the eldest son of Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov. He is passionate and impetuous, as is clear from his dropping his fiancee, Katerina, when he suddenly falls in love with Grushenka.

He has a violent temper which often leads him into sinful and destructive behavior, as when he attacks his father while looking for Grushenka, and when he beats up Snegiryov as a result of a dispute with Fyodor Pavlovich over money. However, he has a strong conscience and sincerely loves God. By the novel's end, he longs to reform and attain spiritual redemption. As the character who is most dramatically poised between sinner and a saint, Dmitri stands as a symbol of humanity in general, endowed with free will to do good or evil and oscillating between the two. When he is arrested for the murder of his father, in a symbolic sense, he is standing trial for humanity. The question of whether he is innocent or guilty reflects the larger question of whether humankind is fundamentally good, as Zosima and Alyosha believe, or fundamentally evil and base, as Ivan and Fyodor Pavlovich appear to think. Dmitri's final redemption, contrasted with Ivan's breakdown, expresses the novel's optimistic message that love and faith can triumph over doubt and alienation.

Ivan Fyodorovich Karamazov (Vanya, Vanka, Vanechka) Ivan is the second son of Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov. He has a brilliant intellect and has strong doubts about the existence of God and the immortality of the soul. Certainly, he cannot reconcile the existence of evil in the world (such as the suffering of children) with the existence of a benevolent God, and concludes that if there is a God, He is equivalent to a torturer. Ivan's lack of faith in God spills over into a lack of faith in himself and other people. He is constantly tortured by doubts about himself and others. He stands apart from the rest of humanity, viewing them with disgust (in the case of his father) or a detached wariness (in the case of Alyosha). Ivan believes that belief in God and the immortality of the soul is the foundation of morality - in other words, that people only do good because they are frightened of facing the consequences of doing evil in the afterlife. Because he doubts the existence of God and the afterlife, it follows that in his philosophy, "everything is permitted," and people can do as they like.

He communicates this amoral philosophy to Smerdyakov, who embraces it and treats it as permission to murder and rob Fyodor Pavlovich. Because Ivan has influenced Smerdyakov intellectually, Smerdyakov believes that they are in a compact regarding the murder and that he was merely carrying out Ivan's unspoken orders. Ivan's realization that he was partly responsible for the murder leads to his mental breakdown at the novel's end. In fact, Ivan does not really believe what he preaches. He is a deeply moral person and reacts with disgust to those, such as Fyodor Pavlovich and Smerdyakov, who live out the philosophy of "everything is permitted." Thus there is a deep division within his soul that fatally weakens him and leaves him without sustenance in his final breakdown. For example, though he loves Katerina, he is beset by doubts about her feelings for Dmitri and his own feelings, and does not act on his love until the end of the novel. Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov is the wealthy father of Alyosha, Dmitri and Ivan, and almost certainly of Smerdyakov.

He is selfish, avaricious, greedy, and lustful; indeed, it is difficult to think of any redeeming features in his character. He ignores his sons as soon as they are born, allowing them to be brought up by servants and relatives. He respects no one and because he is in the habit of acting the buffoon in public, it is difficult to know whether he is sincere about anything he says or does. Zosima believes that this habit of lying to himself has led him not to believe in himself, and by extension, to mistrust everyone around him. Fyodor Pavlovich scorns religion and lives out Ivan's theory that "everything is permitted." He is popularly believed to be the father of the illegitimate Smerdyakov, by his shockingly immoral rape or seduction of the slow-witted Stinking Lizaveta. His pursuit of Grushenka prompts the jealous rage of Dmitri, who also loves her, and contributes to his murder by Smerdyakov.

Agrafena Alexandrovna Svetlov (Grushenka, Grusha, Grushka) Grushenka is a beautiful and sensuous young woman who is loved and then abandoned by her Polish lover before the novel opens. She is rescued from poverty and disgrace and brought to town by her patron, the merchant Samsonov. Pursued by many men in the town, she acquires the reputation of being a "loose woman." However, the truth is that the only men who can boast of her sexual favors are her former lover and, for a short time, Samsonov. She is too proud to give herself lightly and her main focus in life is not spending time with men but making money through business deals. When she meets Alyosha, the love and gentleness that have lain hidden in her character begin to develop, and the two become close friends. Grushenka is courted by both Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov and Dmitri. She plays with the attentions of both men but returns to her first and former lover when his wife dies. She quickly realizes that she no longer loves him and that she loves Dmitri.

Through her love for Dmitri, the spiritual redemption that began at her meeting with Alyosha continues to develop. At the novel's end, she plans to accompany the escaped Dmitri to America and work the land in some remote place. Pavel Fyodorovich Smerdyakov Smerdyakov is almost certainly the illegitimate son of Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov, the product of his rape or seduction of the slow-witted vagrant Stinking Lizaveta. He is raised by Grigory and employed by Fyodor Pavlovich as a servant. He is an epileptic. Smerdyakov is viewed by Fyodor Pavlovich as trustworthy because he once returned to his master some money he had dropped. In fact, he is cunning and devious, as is shown by the calculated way he carries out the murder of Fyodor Pavlovich while feigning an epileptic attack and framing Dmitri. Sometimes his malice is plain to see, but at other times he hides it behind a groveling servility. He is unsociable and isolated.

Smerdyakov mocks religion and embraces the philosophy preached by Ivan - that as God and the immortality of the soul do not exist, there are no absolute standards of good and evil and "everything is permitted." This opens the door for his murder of Fyodor Pavlovich. He confesses to the murder to Ivan before committing suicide the night before Dmitri's trial, an act which demonstrates the emptiness and despair at the center of the philosophy he shares with Ivan. Zosima Zosima is the wise elder who is Alyosha's beloved teacher and mentor at the monastery. Widely revered as a holy man, Zosima is visited by an endless procession of monks and laypeople who come to ask for advice, blessings and healings. Zosima ardently loves God and mankind, and shows kindness and compassion to everyone he meets. He has an extraordinary ability to see into people's souls, so that he knows their needs and worries and can temper his advice accordingly. He teaches people to practice "active love" for mankind, to forgive others, and to cherish God's creation. Zosima tells Alyosha to leave the monastery and do good, and Alyosha does so after the elder's death.

Katerina Ivanovna Verkhovtsev (Katya, Katka, Katyenka) Katerina is the daughter of a military captain. After Dmitri saves her father from jail by giving her money, she devotes herself to him in spite of his humiliating treatment of her. They become engaged, but Dmitri abandons Katerina for Grushenka, with whom he has fallen deeply in love. Katerina creates suffering for herself by continuing to sacrifice herself to Dmitri, apparently so that she can draw attention to his shortcomings. She is a proud martyr. Though she comes to love Ivan and he loves her, only in the courtroom scene at the end of the novel does she finally give way to her love for Ivan, reversing her former testimony to defend Ivan and taking care of him when he falls ill with brain fever. Katerina Osipovna Khokhlakov (Madame Khokhlakov) A kind but weak-willed woman and a wealthy widowed landowner, Madame Khokhlakov is the mother of Lise. She spends much of her time worrying about the latest caprices of her daughter.

Liza Khokhlakov (Lise) The daughter of Madame Khokhlakov, Lise is partially paralyzed and is in a wheelchair. Hysterical and capricious in nature, Lise loves Alyosha but vacillates between expressing her love and hiding it. He is prepared to marry her but has no alternative but to back off when she insists that she is not serious about loving him and wants to marry someone who will torment her. Nikolai Ivanov Krasotkin (Kolya) Kolya is a schoolboy who befriends Ilyusha. He is generous, bold and intellectually precocious, and likes to teach and "develop" younger boys. When Ilyusha plays a cruel trick on a dog, Kolya punishes him by withdrawing his friendship. Ilyusha falls ill, and Alyosha reconciles the two boys. Kolya comes to admire and love Alyosha. Ilyusha Snegiryov (Ilyushechka, Ilyushka) The son of a retired sea captain, Nikolai Ilyich Snegiryov, Ilyusha once saw his father being beaten up by Dmitri.

He is a good-hearted boy who becomes isolated and unhappy when he is bullied by other boys. Kolya becomes his protector, but when Ilyusha plays a cruel trick on a dog, Kolya withdraws his friendship to teach him a lesson. The lesson backfires when Ilyusha turns to aggressive behavior, stabs Kolya with a penknife and bites Alyosha. Afterwards, Ilyusha falls sick. Alyosha befriends Ilyusha and reconciles him with Kolya and the other boys. At the end of the novel, Ilyusha dies. Nikolai Ilyich Snegiryov Snegiryov is a retired sea captain and the father of Ilyusha. He is beaten up by Dmitri after he acts as Fyodor Pavlovich's agent in a financial deal. When Katerina hears of this, she sends Snegiryov money and continues to help him financially. Mikhail Osipovich Rakitin (Misha, Rakitka, Rakitushka) Rakitin is a young seminary student and friend of Alyosha. Sarcastic and cynical, he believes he is too intelligent to have religious faith.

Instead, he espouses a series of fashionable political ideas. He feels threatened by spiritual purity and has an appetite for scandal and corruption. He avidly predicts that Dmitri is bound by his Karamazovian sensuality to kill his father, and brings Alyosha to meet Grushenka in the hope that she will corrupt him. That he turns out to be wrong on both counts is proof of the limitations of his philosophy. Pyotr Alexandrovich Miusov Miusov is a wealthy landowner and the cousin of Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov's first wife. He briefly acts as the guardian of the young Dmitri before losing interest in the boy and passing him to other relatives. Miusov believes himself to be a sophisticated intellectual, and despises Fyodor Pavlovich. Pyotr Ilyich Perkhotin Perkhotin is a friend of Dmitri's, a young official who becomes suspicious of Dmitri on the night of Fyodor Pavlovich's murder and goes in search of evidence and witnesses. He is a suitor of Madame Khokhlakov's.

Kuzma Kuzmich Samsonov Samsonov is a wealthy old merchant who brings Grushenka to the town after her former lover betrays her. He acts as her mentor in business. Stinking Lizaveta ; Stinking Lizaveta is a young mentally retarded girl who wanders about the town and begs for a living. The townspeople view her as a "holy fool" and look after her, providing food and shelter. When she dies giving birth to Smerdyakov, the shocked townspeople suspect that Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov seduced or raped her. Fetyukovich Fetyukovich is a famous defense lawyer from St Petersburg who represents Dmitri at the trial. Ippolit Kirillovich Kirillovich is the prosecuting lawyer at Dmitri's trial. He is an adherent of the (in Dostoevsky's time) new discipline of psychology, which he uses to try to prove Dmitri's guilt. Father Ferapont Father Ferapont is a severe and ascetic monk who opposes Zosima.

After Zosima's dies and his body quickly corrupts, Father Ferapont leads the crusade to paint Zosima as a charlatan who invites in devils. Father Paissy Father Paissy is a stern but kindly monk who is Zosima's confessor. Trifon Borisovich (Trifon Borisich) Trifon Borisovich is the keeper of the inn at Mokroye where Dmitri goes to see Grushenka with her former lover. Pyotr Fomich Kalganov (Petrusha) Kalganov is a young relative of Miusov's. Fedosya Markovna (Fenya) Fenya is Grushenka's maid. Pan Mussyalovich Pan Mussyalovich is Grushenka's Polish former lover, who returns to reclaim her after his wife dies. After meeting him once more, Grushenka quickly realizes that she no longer loves him, and that she loves Dmitri. Long after Grushenka leaves him, Pan Mussyalovich repeatedly tries to borrow money from her. Dr Herzenstube Dr Herzenstube is the kindly but ineffectual town doctor.

Grigory Vasilievich Kutuzov Grigory is Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov's servant. A simple yet good-hearted and religious man, he brings up Dmitri and Smerdyakov after they are effectively abandoned by their father. He is married to Marfa. Grigory's evidence at Dmitri's trial plays an important part in Dmitri's false conviction for the murder of Fyodor Pavlovich. Character profile for Alexei Fyodorovich Karamazov from The Brothers Karamazov (page 1) Alyosha, Alyoshka, Alyoshenka, Alyoshechka, Alexeichik, Lyosha, Lyoshenka [close] Alyosha, Alyoshka, Alyoshenka, Alyoshechka, Alexeichik, Lyosha, Lyoshenka Aleksey at age 20 is the youngest of the Karamazov brothers. The narrator identifies him as the hero of the novel in the opening chapter (as does the author in the preface). He is described as immensely likable. At the outset of the events, Alyosha is a novice in the local Russian Orthodox monastery.

His faith is in contrast to his brother Ivan's atheism. His Elder sends him into the world, where he becomes involved in the sordid details of his family. In a secondary plotline, Alyosha befriends a group of school boys, whose fate adds a hopeful message to the conclusion of an otherwise tragic novel. Alyosha usually acts as a messenger or witness to the actions of his brothers and others. He is very close to Dmitri. [close] Aleksey at age 20 is the youngest of the Karamazov brothers. The narrator identifies him as the hero of the novel in the opening chapter (as does the author in the preface). He is described as immensely likable. At the outset of the events, Alyosha is a novice in the local Russian Orthodox monastery. His faith is in contrast to his brother Ivan's atheism. His Elder sends him into the world, where he becomes involved in the sordid details of his family. In a secondary plotline, Alyosha befriends a group of school boys, whose fate adds a hopeful message to the conclusion of an otherwise tragic novel. Alyosha usually acts as a messenger or witness to the actions of his brothers and others.

He is very close to Dmitri. edit descriptions of this character No photos have been uploaded yet. Books with Alexei Fyodorovich Karamazov Fyodor Dostoevsky Biography - life, family, story, death, history, wife, school, mother, young, son Fyodor Dostoevsky Biography St. Petersburg, Russia Russian novelist and author The Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky was well known in his country during his life and has since been praised around the world as a writer. He is best known for writing novels that had a great understanding of psychology (the study of how the human mind works), especially the psychology of people who, losing their reason, would become insane or commit murder. The young man Fyodor Dostoevsky was born in Moscow, Russia, on November 11, 1821, the son of a doctor. His family was very religious, and Dostoevsky was deeply religious all his life. He began reading widely when he was a youth. He was first educated by his mother, father, and tutors, but at thirteen years old he was sent to a private school. Two years later his mother died.

His father, a cruel man, was murdered in 1839, when Dostoevsky was eighteen and attending school in St. Petersburg, Russia. Dostoevsky was trained to be a military engineer, but he disliked school and loved literature. When he finished school, he turned from the career he was trained for and devoted himself to writing. His earliest letters show him to be a young man of passion and energy, as well as somewhat mentally unstable. Early writings Dostoevsky began his career writing fiction about poor people in harsh situations. In 1843 he finished his first novel, Poor Folk, a social tale about a down-and-out government worker. The novel was praised by a respected critic. Dostoevsky's second novel, The Double (1846), was received less warmly; his later works in the 1840s were received coldly. The Double, however, has come to be known as his best early work, and in many ways it was ahead of its time. The lack of success of The Double troubled Dostoevsky. From 1846 to 1849 his life and work were characterized by aimlessness and confusion.

The short stories and novels he wrote during this period are for the most part experiments in different forms and different subject matters. Dostoevsky's life showed some of the same pattern of uncertain experimenting. In 1847 he joined a somewhat subversive (antigovernment) group called the Petrashevsky Circle. In 1849 the members were arrested. After eight months in prison, Dostoevsky was "sentenced" to death. In reality, though, this sentence was only a joke. At one point, however, Dostoevsky believed he had only moments to live, and he never forgot the feelings of that experience. He was sentenced to four years in prison and four years of forced service in the army in Siberia, Russia. Years of change Dostoevsky returned to St. Petersburg in 1859 with an unhealthy wife, Maria Issaeva, whom he had married in Siberia. Their marriage was not happy. To support himself, Dostoevsky edited the journal Time with his brother Mikhail and wrote a number of fictional works.

In 1861 he published Memoirs from the House of the Dead, a work of fiction based on his experiences in prison. By and large his writings during this period showed no great artistic advance over his early work and gave no hint of the greatness that came forth in 1864 with his Notes from the Underground. Dostoevsky's life during this period was characterized by poor health, poverty, and complicated emotional situations. He fell in love with the young student Polina Suslova and carried on a frustrating affair with her for several years. He traveled outside the country in 1862 and 1863 to get away from the people to whom he owed money, to improve his health, and to gamble. Notes from the Underground is a short novel. In this work Dostoevsky attempts to justify the existence of individual freedom as a necessary part of humankind. He argues against the view that man is a creature of reason and that society can be organized in a way that guarantees the happiness of humans. He insists that humans desire freedom more than happiness, but he also sees that unchecked freedom is a destructive force, since there is Fyodor Dostoevsky.

Reproduced by permission of Archive Photos, Inc. no guarantee that humans will use freedom in a constructive way. Indeed, the evidence of history suggests that humans seek the destruction of others and of themselves. The great novels Dostoevsky's first wife died in 1864, and in the following year he married Anna Grigorievna Snitkina. She was practical and even-tempered, and therefore she was the very opposite of his first wife and his lover. There is very little doubt that she was largely responsible for introducing better conditions for his work by taking over many of the practical tasks that he hated and handled badly. In 1866 Dostoevsky published Crime and Punishment, which is the most popular of his great novels, perhaps because it is appealing on different levels. It can be read as a serious and complex work of art, but it can also be enjoyed as a gripping detective story. The novel is concerned with the murder of an old woman by a student, Raskolnikov, while he is committing robbery in an attempt to help his family and his own career.

The murder occurs at the very beginning of the novel, and the rest of the book has to do with the pursuit of Raskolnikov by the detective Porfiry and by his own conscience. In the end he gives himself up and decides to accept the punishment for his act. The Dostoevskys traveled in 1867 and remained away from Russia for more than four years. Their economic condition was very difficult, and Dostoevsky repeatedly lost what little money they had while gambling. The Idiot was written between 1867 and 1869, and Dostoevsky stated that in this work he intended to portray "the wholly beautiful man." The hero of the novel is a good man who attempts to live in a society gone wrong, and it is uncertain whether he succeeds. Dostoevsky began writing The Possessed (also translated as The Devils ) in 1870 and published it in 1871–1872. The novel began as a political pamphlet and was based on a political murder that took place in Moscow on November 21, 1869.

In The Possessed Dostoevsky raises a minor event to great importance. Many readers see The Possessed not only as an accurate account of the politics of the time, but also as a visionary statement on the future of politics in Russia and elsewhere. The Brothers Karamazov (1879–1880) is the greatest of Dostoevsky's novels. The psychologist Sigmund Freud (1856–1939) ranked it as one of the greatest artistic achievements of all time. The novel is about four sons and their guilt in the murder of their father, Fyodor. Each of the sons may be characterized by a major trait: Dmitri by passion, Ivan by reason, Alyosha by spirit, and Smerdyakov by everything that is ugly in human nature. Smerdyakov kills his father, but to a degree the other three brothers are guilty in thought and desire. Dostoevsky sent the last part of The Brothers Karamazov to his publisher on November 8, 1880, and he died soon afterward, on January 28, 1881.

At the time of his death he was at the height of his career in Russia, and many Russians mourned his death. He had begun to win praise in Europe as well, and interest in him has continued to increase. For More Information The Brothers Karamazov (Modern Library): Amazon.es: Fyodor Dostoevsky, Constance Garnett: Libros en idiomas extranjeros Libros en idiomas extranjeros EUR 23,32 Precio final del producto Elige envÃ­os GRATIS mÃ¡s rÃ¡pidos con Amazon Premium o elige envÃ­o GRATIS en 4-5 dÃ­as SÃ³lo queda(n) 1 en stock (hay mÃ¡s unidades en camino). Vendido y enviado por Amazon. Se puede envolver para regalo. Cantidad: AÃ±adir a la Lista de deseos Â¿Tienes uno para vender? Volver atrÃ¡s Ir adelante Escuchar Reproduciendo... Interrumpido EstÃ¡s escuchando una muestra de la ediciÃ³n de audio Audible.

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Every page of the new Karamazov is a permanent standard, and an inspiration." -"The Times" (London) "One finally gets the musical whole of Dostoevsky's original." -"New York Times Book Review" "Absolutely faithful . . . Fulfills in remarkable measure most of the criteria for an ideal translation . . . The stylistic accuracy and versatility of registers used . . . bring out the richness and depth of the original in a way similar to a faithful and sensitive restoration of a painting." -"The Independent" "It may well be that Dostoevsky's [world], with all its resourceful energies of life and language, is only now-and through the medium of [this] new translation-beginning to come home to the English-speaking reader." -"New York Review of Books" "Heartily recommended to any reader who wishes to come as close to Dostoevsky's Russian as it is possible." -Joseph Frank, Princeton University With an Introduction by Malcolm V. Jones [Dostoevsky is] at once the most literary and compulsively readable of novelists we continue to regard as great . . .

The Brothers Karamazov stands as the culmination of his art his last, longest, richest, and most capacious book. [This] scrupulous rendition can only be welcomed. It returns us to a work we thought we knew, subtly altered and so made new again. Washington Post Book World A miracle . . . Every page of the new Karamazov is a permanent standard, and an inspiration. The Times (London) One finally gets the musical whole of Dostoevsky s original. New York Times Book Review Absolutely faithful . . . Fulfills in remarkable measure most of the criteria for an ideal translation . . . The stylistic accuracy and versatility of registers used . . . bring out the richness and depth of the original in a way similar to a faithful and sensitive restoration of a painting. The Independent It may well be that Dostoevsky s [world], with all its resourceful energies of life and language, is only now and through the medium of [this] new translation beginning to come home to the English-speaking reader. New York Review of Books Heartily recommended to any reader who wishes to come as close to Dostoevsky s Russian as it is possible.

Joseph Frank, Princeton University With an Introduction by Malcolm V. Jones" Reseña del editor Dostoevsky's last and greatest novel, The Karamazov Brothers (1880), is both a brilliantly told crime story and a passionate philosophical debate. The dissolute landowner Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov is murdered; his sons - the atheist intellectual Ivan, the hot-blooded Dmitry, and the saintly novice Alyosha - are all at some level involved. Bound up with this intense family drama is Dostoevsky's exploration of many deeply felt ideas about the existence of God, the question of human freedom, the collective nature of guilt, the disastrous consequences of rationalism. The novel is also richly comic: the Russian Orthodox Church, the legal system, and even the author's most cherished causes and beliefs are presented with a note of irreverence, so that orthodoxy and radicalism, sanity and madness, love and hatred, right and wrong are no longer mutually exclusive. Rebecca West considered it 'the allegory for the world's maturity', but with children to the fore.

This new translation does full justice to Dostoevsky's genius, particularly in the use of the spoken word, which ranges over every mode of human expression. No es necesario ningÃºn dispositivo Kindle. DescÃ¡rgate una de las apps de Kindle gratuitas para comenzar a leer libros Kindle en tu smartphone, tablet u ordenador. Apple ObtÃ©n la app gratuita: o Â¿No tienes un Kindle? Consigue un Kindle aquÃ­ o descarga una aplicaciÃ³n de lectura Kindle GRATUITA. Detalles del producto Tapa dura: 912 pÃ¡ginas Editor: Modern Library (Hardcover); EdiciÃ³n: Modern Library. (1 de enero de 1996) ColecciÃ³n: Modern Library Idioma: InglÃ©s Â¿Quieres actualizar la informaciÃ³n sobre un producto o dar tu opiniÃ³n sobre las imÃ¡genes ?

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The Pevear translation - although highly acclaimed - may make it difficult for most readers to grasp the essence of this beautiful story, and therefore I would almost always recommend the McDuff version ahead of the Pevear. The Brothers Karamazov presents the same challenge for every English translator; namely, Dostoevsky took pride in creating distinct voices and syntax for each of his characters, and most translations have sacrificed the syntax and voicing to make it more readable - in the process losing much of the tone of each character. Pevear's translation is known for being the truest to the original, as it replicates the syntax with an almost academic precision. However, in being so true to the syntax and voicing, Pevear leaves sentence structures that are so unfamiliar-sounding to the native English speaker as to be disruptive. Many times as I read this translation I found myself jolted out of the flow of reading because the phrasing felt so awkward.

As an example of a difficult sentence: Pevear: "These occasions were almost morbid: most depraved, and, in his sensuality, often as cruel as a wicked insect, Fyodor Pavlovich at times suddenly felt in himself, in his drunken moments, a spiritual fear, a moral shock, that almost, so to speak, resounded physically in his soul." Compare that to McDuff "These were instances that almost seemed to involve some morbid condition: most depraved, and in his voluptuous lust often brutal, like an evil insect, Fyodor Pavlovich would on occasion suddenly experience within himself, in his drunken moments, a sense of spiritual terror and moral concussion that echoed almost physically, as it were, within his soul". This is a good example of the tradeoffs each translator makes. Generally: Pevear's is tight, precise, uses simple language and is truest to the original and punchy sentence structure. It requires a high tolerance for odd syntax. McDuff's uses a broader vocabulary (e.g. "moral concussion"), but his flow/ear is much more natural to most English speakers.

The sacrifice is that McDuff uses probably 5%-10% more words, but I personally believe these additions make it far more readable. It is still generally true to the sentence structure, but by taking a quarter step away from the purist version, he sheds much more light on the underlying text than Pevear. Based on research, other reviewers and my own experience: if you are familiar with Russian, Pevear is for you. If you value precision, read for words instead of flow, or are better able to tolerate difficult phrasing than difficult vocabulary, then Pevear is for you. If you are more comfortable with a wider repertoire of words, and typically read with a background sense of the "flow" of each sentence, I believe McDuff will be far more readable while maintaining all the essence of the original work. 14 de 14 personas piensan que la opiniÃ³n es Ãºtil 1.0 de un mÃ¡ximo de 5 estrellas Kindle version is NOT THE PEVEAR/VOLOKHONSKY TRANSLATION, and repeating text will ruin your e-reading experience!! Avoid!

7 de diciembre de 2015 Por Countess Maiselium - Publicado en Amazon.com Formato: VersiÃ³n Kindle Compra verificada Kindle version: This absolutely is NOT the Pevear/Volokhonsky translation, as it is advertised to be on Amazon's website. The Kindle reading experience was so frustrating--no chapter headings, obnoxious errors (large swaths of text are REPEATED!!)--that I went out and bought the paper book. Then, I come to find out I wasted hours reading the WRONG TRANSLATION!!!! I compared them side-by-side, and sure enough, it's not what it's advertised to be. I'm furious. I'll ask for a refund, but that doesn't fix all the time I wasted.

10 de 10 personas piensan que la opiniÃ³n es Ãºtil 1.0 de un mÃ¡ximo de 5 estrellas Do not buy illustrated version on kindle 24 de febrero de 2016 Por Tom - Publicado en Amazon.com Formato: VersiÃ³n Kindle Compra verificada Specifically for the "The Brothers Karamazov: By Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Illustrated + Unabridged + Active Contents)" with a red cartoon cover. This is the Constance Garnett translation, and has awful formatting and many mistakes on kindle. 5 de 5 personas piensan que la opiniÃ³n es Ãºtil 5.0 de un mÃ¡ximo de 5 estrellas No Novel Will Ever Change You As Profoundly for the Better 2 de junio de 2016 Por Daniel & Kara Jordan - Publicado en Amazon.com Formato: Tapa blanda Compra verificada I do not know what my review can add to the Brothers Karamazov, but I will put in a few of my words.

I have now read this book six times through and every time I am simply amazed at the complexity of vision that Dostoevsky brought to the page. My copy of the book is littered with page numbers written in the margins that connect the dots between all of the recurring scenes, ideas, images, phrases, and philosophies. It has taken years of sustained thought to be able to draw all of these connections, which makes it somewhat unbelievable that Dostoevsky was able to write it in the time frame that he did. Because of this, though, I have found this translation to be the only reasonable choice for the serious student. Many earlier translations ironed out potentially awkward phrasings, and thereby destroyed the parallelism that was being masterfully established. I have shed so many tears on the pages of my copy of this book that I am surprised it is still holding up as well as it is. There is a sensitivity and beauty to this text that I have never been able to find anywhere else, even in other works by Dostoevsky.

It is, quite simply, the most masterful examination of agape (active love), faith, and justice, and redemption that I have ever encountered in my life, in philosophy, history, literature, film, or otherwise. There are no words to offer that can capture how profoundly this book has changed me for the better. 15 de 16 personas piensan que la opiniÃ³n es Ãºtil

Question: What is the family name of Dmitri, Ivan and Alexei in an 1880 novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky?
Answer: KARAMAZOV